JAPANESE LEAVE BANGKOK; 7TH INDIAN DIVISION ATTEND BANGKOK RACES (23/9/1945)
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: JFU 355).
Synopsis
Crowd watching from rails at the Royal Turf Club in Bangkok; camera pans to follow the horses. Rear quarter close-up of British spectator. British other ranks of 1st Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) with a jockey. Horses (or rather ponies) are led out. British other ranks with horse and rider. More horses led out. British other ranks with a woman in the grandstand. View of the race from the grandstand. British other ranks, probably military policemen, watch the race.
Japanese troops loading a train with a variety of stores at a station in Bangkok. Wide shot showing general scene. Japanese troops carry a large piece of equipment. A bicycle is loaded onto the train. View from the train as more stores are loaded aboard. Heavily laden Japanese troops march towards the train. Wide shot from a slightly higher vantage point. Japanese officers chatting. Japanese soldiers. A Japanese soldier with a large bundle on his shoulder. A Japanese soldier, possibly tying a sack.
In Bangkok Japanese troops, having survived the retreat from Burma, entrain for a concentration area, and troops of 7th Indian Division attend a race meeting at the Royal Turf Club.
Titles
- JAPANESE LEAVE BANGKOK; 7TH INDIAN DIVISION ATTEND BANGKOK RACES (23/9/1945) (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1945
- Running Time:
- 5 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 384 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- War Office Directorate of Public Relations
- cameraman.
- Watson, W (Sergeant)
- Production company
- SEAC Film Unit